Rap Genius Founder's Comments On California Shooter Were So Bad, His Cofounder Says He's Embarrassedhttp://www.businessinsider.com/rap-genius-comments-on-elliot-rodger-memoir-2014-5/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sun, 02 Aug 2015 15:05:01 -0400Caroline Mosshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/538492f6eab8eadc0df4b405ScallywagNYCTue, 27 May 2014 09:28:22 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538492f6eab8eadc0df4b405
Granted Mahbod is entitled to hold the views that he does but for an individual who represents an outlet seeking to gain further presence in media, technology and popular culture perhaps at the very least he could have observed that there is a time and a place for some comments and thoughts and whilst he is free to believe and wonder what he wills (no matter how disturbing many of us may find his views), the public and his investors are also free to part ways when they perceive a statesman transgressing the greater equanimity of a public entity…
Rap Genius ? Could it be ever more oxymoronic?
<a href="http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2014/05/mahbod-moghadam-fired-saying-elliot-rodgers-sister-smoking-hot/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2014/05/mahbod-moghadam-fired-saying-elliot-rodgers-sister-smoking-hot/</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5383ee26eab8eae14861d098Jenna ScottMon, 26 May 2014 21:45:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5383ee26eab8eae14861d098
So Business Insider, of which Marc Andreesen is an investor, writes a story about a guy who's startup was invested in by Marc Andreesen. Is this a news story or a press release?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5383930769beddc00a47e83dHolidayKirkMon, 26 May 2014 15:16:23 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5383930769beddc00a47e83d
In fairness, he did get fired.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5383662a6bb3f7a440fd48c7KeyserSouffleMon, 26 May 2014 12:04:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5383662a6bb3f7a440fd48c7
It is amazing what a pair of founders will do to get publicity.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538352716bb3f78a79fd48c5fsMon, 26 May 2014 10:40:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538352716bb3f78a79fd48c5
Silicon Valley has its head so far up its own ass at this point it's almost unfair to judge them based on the norms of civilized society.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538351d3ecad040b5e47e839Teh Momerz gunsense is nonsenseMon, 26 May 2014 10:38:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538351d3ecad040b5e47e839
The NRA, NAGR, GOA, or any civil rights org, has a duty to dig-in their heels on the issues. Otherwise they'd be out of a job. I don't know you so I have no idea if you are a traitor, but we both know they are out there.
I really only have time to address incendiaries (using a different example) but I agree with you because we often hear the mocking argument by the progs that the 2nd amendment doesn't give you the right to own a nuclear bomb (or something along those lines). Progs, get it through your head, I don't need a nuke to protect my family because they are not practical for self-defense.
As for the other examples… You want to restrict hicaps, HPs or FA? Don't bother they are statically insignificant to the overall firearm homicide rate, its a waste of everyones time. Instead, start building practical self-defense technology that trumps the physics of a bullet (no smart guns are not the next PD tech breakthrough). The 2A crowd will drop their firearms and buy the new tech. Guaranteed trillionaire. Guns are not about offense except for criminals.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53834ba3eab8ea130e61d099patchyfogMon, 26 May 2014 10:11:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53834ba3eab8ea130e61d099
I will continue to discuss this issue.
You know I have little use for the NRA, and you probably think that I, as a gun owner, am a traitor. I don’t think so. It’s that I’m not opposed to certain gun control measures. Which, again, have been ruled constitutional by the SCOTUS. There are limitations to essentially all our rights, including the 1st (FIRE!!!). The NRA will dig its hells in about anything. But I will push back if there’s a legislative proposal that I think is unreasonable.
*Reasonable*. I can’t define that per se, I’ll take that on a case-by-case basis. I can only give examples:
-Proposals in the past to ban *cop-killer* bullets. Unreasonable, and you well know why. Most non-gun owners, and many legislators, haven’t a clue when it comes to such legislation, and the devil is in the details. Unreasonable because there are many hunting rounds that are jacketed or are big-time expanding. Cops now ordinarily wear a vest if they know they’re going into a trouble situation anyway, and they are better armed than in the past.
-*Assault rifles*. Unreasonable to ban them. Yup, you could hunt with them. I personally never would. But semi-automatic hunting rifles in that sense are exactly the same thing, short of magazine size (later). And a skilled shooter can work even a bolt-action pretty dang fast.
-Restricting magazine sizes. Reasonable. The question is, and I know a size limitation would have to be arbitrary, but it could also be fair and practical. On one hand I see little if any need for a 50-round dual drums on an *assault rifle*. For one, I wouldn’t want to sit there and load 50 rounds. And if there’s somebody intent on mass murder, I daresy that YOU wouldn’t want that person to have 100 rounds available without reloading. On the other hand, a 5-shot magazine is too small. Shall we say 20? Fair to me.
-Prohibiting incendiary bullets. Reasonable. Why would anybody without evil intent need them?
-Restricting fully automatic weapons (so many non-gun owners not knowing the difference between semi- and full). Reasonable, and we’ve both lived with that restriction our whole lives. It’s reasonable that you have to have a special fed license to have one, and most Joes can’t come up with the $15-20K it takes to buy one. I admit that I’d like to shoot a fully automatic at a junk car. Have never done so. I know it would be fun. For non-gun owners, it can be plain-out fun to shoot. Fun and a skill. I bet if you shot skeet or sporting clays you just might like it.
What do you think about my examples?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538340a46bb3f79e48fd48c5Teh MomerzMon, 26 May 2014 09:24:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538340a46bb3f79e48fd48c5
Unfortunately your whole argument falls apart when you consider we have too many politicians on the blue team who've made their intentions perfectly clear. Need I find the 60 minutes clip of Diane Feinstein to prove my point? Consequently, Ms. Feinstein and her supporters will never be trusted by true 2A supporters with even the most (seemingly) benign legislation. Ever. There is no goodwill left and its not the NRAs fault. In addition, like-minded politicians are STILL calling for bans (magazine capacity), poll-like taxes (insurance), registration or whatever else they dream up in their head. These people haven't heard of a GC measure they don't like, and they know that if they can't have an outright ban then they'll support anything to slowly strangle the 2A. Slippery slope? Maybe or maybe not, but no one on the 2A side wants guess at this point.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53833f73eab8eaf56061d0a0TheFree_LanceMon, 26 May 2014 09:19:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53833f73eab8eaf56061d0a0
Said years ago now that Rap Genius was euro trash garbage -- believe me now?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53833af0eab8ea864b61d09apatchyfogMon, 26 May 2014 09:00:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53833af0eab8ea864b61d09a
I will agree that the country...in general...is overmedicated. My father, in his 90's, used to take 8 different meds for heart and BP. Ridiculous. Then he changed docs and the new doc reduced the number of different meds. Good.
But I think there have been too many comments blaming anti-depressants. Yes, they can increase a suicidal tendencies. But that's not really a common side effect. And look, nobody wants to take them anyway. But if someone has genuine depression, they're absolutely gonna' want to take something because serious depression is hell. It's been written by docs that people with serious depression feel more hopeless than cancer patients.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538335fe6bb3f79812fd48c7patchyfogMon, 26 May 2014 08:39:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538335fe6bb3f79812fd48c7
Just remember the recent SCOTUS decision. Unless the Court rules differently in the future (unlikely), or there's a Constitution Amendment (unlikely), gun ownership has been ruled to be an individual right. Government confiscation of guns is just not gonna' happen in this country. Gun owners, including me, would just hide firearms and ammo. Period.
And as far as Obama goes, who really hasn't done anything that restricts my right, let me say that a Democratic president is the best thing in the world for gun sales, cuz there's always an increase in gun and ammo sales when there's a Dem in the White House or if the Dems control both branches of Congress.
So I think you're overreacting.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53830a8c69beddea7347e83bngg74Mon, 26 May 2014 05:34:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53830a8c69beddea7347e83b
This says less about society and its lack of values and more about a guy who has a website and very little understanding of good writing.
"Ohhh, he said a Rhyme, how fucking amazing"
Read "Down by the Sally Gardens" by Yeats, then talk to me about an "artful sentence".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5383084eeab8ea011d61d0a2privateinstigatorMon, 26 May 2014 05:24:30 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5383084eeab8ea011d61d0a2
Has anyone asked if this kid was on some sort of anti-depressant, SSRI? Seems to be a common factor with these alienated pajama boys.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382d1b6eab8ea375ed52707yeahyoudothatMon, 26 May 2014 01:31:34 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382d1b6eab8ea375ed52707
See, now it's too bad you didn't pray for them before this tragedy; maybe the whole thing could have been avoided. So I suggest that you start praying for all impending disasters, mass murders, and horrible events (don't forget the starving children and those who are lost to random accidents), and maybe, just maybe we can avoid all this loss, heartache and mayhem. Yep, you just go right ahead and pray.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382cce5eab8ea714ad5270bDisarm4FreedomMon, 26 May 2014 01:11:01 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382cce5eab8ea714ad5270b
If it is not obvious by now, Teh Momz Demandering Actioning want one thing and it is disarmament. All the laws we have in CA, the disarmament crowd want nationwide, but here's the catch... that won't be enough for
them because it does NOT guarantee security and it never will (I shouldn't even have write this, especially to men, but I do because some just don't get it). That means the disarmament crowd will eventually ask for the next thing if we give them CA laws nationwide and that thing is disarmament. And that is why we call them the disarmament crowd. Have a nice day!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382ca1decad04017f9ab37dJeffery HaasMon, 26 May 2014 00:59:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382ca1decad04017f9ab37d
So a Silicon Valley startup founder has serious personality and social issues.
You know, they made a hit show out of that, I think it's called....Silicon Valley!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382bb81ecad04884c9ab37bhaywoodmatthewsSun, 25 May 2014 23:56:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382bb81ecad04884c9ab37b
WOW... wake up one day and your a parent, wake up the next and you kids were gunned down. I will pray for them. I don't know if I could handle this.
How horrible.
I've been a social dickhead all my life and now I'm going to make others pay?
So lost.
God bless the parents of the dead.
WOW.
What a shock.
I can't wrap my mind around this loss.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382abd56bb3f73a37d52707Jazzy_CSun, 25 May 2014 22:49:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382abd56bb3f73a37d52707
One over-privilege, narcissistic, pretentious asshole praising another. Move along folks, there is really NOTHING to see here.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382a68e6bb3f77421d52708ClovisManSun, 25 May 2014 22:27:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382a68e6bb3f77421d52708
Rap artist and genius are diametrically opposed. Babbling fool and loud mouth fit better.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382a3556bb3f7a01bd5270bThe Moms Demandering ActionsSun, 25 May 2014 22:13:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382a3556bb3f7a01bd5270b
Here is something really interesting... CA was given an A rating by the Brady Group. The disarmament crowd have EVERYTHING they want in CA wrt to guns, short of disarmament. But we all know that is what they want.
Disarmament For Freedom!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382a315ecad04f1689ab37bjamesxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSun, 25 May 2014 22:12:37 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5382a315ecad04f1689ab37b
Society has lost all social mores, ergo, anything one can say to garner attention can make one money is only positive.
The $$$ will go to those who lower themselves the furthest, like this scumbag.